02967nas|a2200265 i 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000310007324501450010426000520024930000140030149000270031550001570034250200580049952016740055765000740223165000350230570000370234070000430237770000400242071000470246071000700250781000590257785600650263620260817162543.0240399s1998    th  u m rtt   0|  a1eng d  a.b117445101 aElgincolin, Ma. Belinda L.10aAnalyzing links between conservation and human welfare :ba case study on the Northern Negros Forest Reserve, Negros Occidental, Philippines  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1998  a75 leaves1 aThesis ;vno. SR-98-03  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of  Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development  aThesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998  aThe study aims to determine links between conservation and human welfare. It follows  a premise that conservation can be achieved if primary stakeholders such as members of the  community realize the benefits derived from the conservation effort. In order to carry out this  task, the study attempts to answer the following questions: Does an improvement in the  welfare of the local community lead to conservation? What are the factors that allow or  prevent this from being realized?  Results based on the Lantawan case study show that a conservation and development  initiative can lead to conservation if development goals are initially achieved that results from  an improvement in the well being of the local community. However, an enabling environment  is necessary before this can be carried out. Thus, usufruct rights should be given to upland  dwellers and environmental laws should be enacted. The strategy employs the cooperation of  government in strictly enforcing laws, NGO in identifying the appropriate technology to be  applied and a PO in effectively implementing this technology. Further, the use of existing  local network that supports a policy implemented at the micro level will facilitate  implementation of the project in the community. Lastly, local community organizers who  have the special qualities in mobilizing communities should be tapped.  Thus, conservation can then be achieved once members of the local community realize  the benefits derived from the conservation and development effort. The local community's  involvement that results from the improvement in their welfare shall ensure sustainability of  the conservation effort. 0aConservation of natural resourceszPhilippinesxCitizen participation 0aNorthern Negros Forest Reserve1 aRemigio, Amador A.,eChairperson1 aHussain, Zakir,eExamination committee1 aWora, Sejal,eExamination committee2 aAIT Alumni Association,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology Partial Scholar,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. SR-98-03  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B13357